Card holder



Oct. 10, 1933.

J. E. BALES ET AL CARD HOLDER Filed -March 4, 1932 Patented Oct. Y10,1933 y i `V y i i y v UNITED siuerlis` PeirliN'r-v oFiri'cE- ff CARDHOLDER j" James E.` Bales and Clarence E.A Gerberich,'

Aurora, Ill., assignors to' Lyon Metal Products, f Incorporated, Aurora,Ill., 3a-V corporation of Illinois Application Maren 4, 1922.`seriailvoysssnsl Y 4 claims. r(o1.l lo-ie) This invention relates-tocard or label holders, full length-thereof as indicated in Fig. 1, orthe vand its primary object is to provide a simple holder 17 may bemaderelativelyshort ,:as shown card holder which can be readily andeconomiin Fig. 2. l

cally manufactured, which permits the cards or The cardholder 17, Fig. 3has a straight por? I Ylabels to be readily and `instant1yplaced andtion 20 which nts against' the outer face 21 of 60 snapped into positionor removed from the holder, the ange (-10.V The body of the card holder'isand which frequently engages the card or labelV bent as indicated at2 2 vv,to l,providea' forwardly so that while the card o r labelmay bereadily inclined portion 23. .This inclined Vportion is and instantlyinserted and removed from the bent .forwardly'at24 Ato provide anupstanding l holder, as well as being capable of being `'slid portion 25which is substantially at right angles 6 5".

longitudinally' of the holder, there is sufficient .tothe inclinedportion 23ahdwhich forms an friction to prevent the card or holder fromslidangle" of about 15"v from the horizontal. The ing accidentallylongitudinally of the .lloldel'. metal f the holder is bent'orcrimped'back upon Numerous Other objeeis` and advantages Will itself asindicated at 26 providing a rearwardly be apparent .throughout theprogress of the folextending .leg 2'7 which may extend below the 70`rlowing specification. bottom of the ledge 12 and rearwardlytoi the Theaccompanying drawing illustrates e Sev front face 21 ofthe sneli flange10, as indicated lected embodiment of the invention and the at 28. viewstherein are as follows: Y The upper end of the holder is bent inthe o,Fig. 1 iS a detail DelSpeCil/Te VeW 0f 21 Tank form of a hook, asindicated at 29, providinga 75 COIlStIuCtOn and eInbOdyng the inVeniiOn,the downwardly extending front flange 30 forming a labeihldel thereinShOWn being in the OlIn Of recess 31. The rearward end of the holder ata Single COniinllOuS Strip. I r the base of the hook is crimped inwardlyas iny Fig. 2 is e View Similar te Fig- 1 Showing the dieeted at 32 toprovide a forwardly veroending i label holder as a short section.longitudinal bead 33, Y 80:

Fig. 3 is e detail Cross Sectional view 0f the A card or label 341sreoeived'in the holder and improved holder. heldin positionbut is freeto be slid longitudi- FigS- 4 150 6 are detail SeCOnel VeWSdegl'emnally. The upper. edge of the holder is inserted Ineeelly Showingthe -Inennel in Which the in the recess 31 after which time the loweredge cards are inserted in position inthe holders. Y, of the cardissnepped over the edge 25 and 85 Referring tothe drawing, 5 indicatesgenerally forced against the inelined Yportieri 23 of the` arackconstruction whichmay comprise horizonholden The bead 32 forces theupper vedge of tally disposed Shelves 5 having Vertical division thecard outwardly andfrictionally holds the walls '1. The spaces betweenIthe horizontal cord in that position, while the inclined portion 35shelves and the division walls may be utilized 23'. of. the ho1derfrotioneuy engages the lower 90 for the storing of articlesl of anynature desired, edge of the Card tending to bow the oord out or drawers8 may be Slidingly SUPDOItedin DO- `wardly a slight distance. f Thisfrictional ensition. f gagement is sufficient to hold the card in posi`The shelves 6 'are preferably mede 0f SheetI tion preventing the cardfrom being accidentally e. 40 metal and are bent at 9, Fig. 3, forming2f front moved or shifted longitudinally but at Lthe same 95 forwardflange 10 Which iS bent rearwardly as time permitting the card to beslid longitudinally indicated at 11. A bottom ledge 12 is turned if itis desired so to do ,l rearwardly from the front ange 10 and Vcarries Y1n arranging the card in position, the uppet` an npsiending DOltOn 13which .extends Tearend of the card ispositioned in the lupper -re-` 1wardly of a shelf bearer 14. The shelf V6 rests eess 31, es Shown' inFig, 4, Tjee lowerV end of 100 On JGhe upper edge 0f the Shelf bearer 14es ndthe card is then swungrearwardly to the right, cated at 15 and hasits lower end housed within Fig 4, untit it assumes the position es.Shown the channel-Shaped Opening 16 formed 'by the in Fig. 5 after whichtime the card is snapped front flange 10, the bottom ledge 12 and therear into .position by pressure being applied to the upstanding ledge13. front face of the card causing the card to ride 105 A card hOlder1'7 may be attached t0 'Che freni? over the edge 25 and be received inthe lower flange 10 in any suitable manner, suchas by o supporting ledge24. Thus the card will assume SCreWS i8, Fig- 1, O1 JGOngneS 19, Fig. 2.The the position shown in Fig. vwith the crimp 33 -card holder may bemade in a relatively long forcing the card'towardthe forward inside edgepiece extending entirely across the shelf the of the hook andy its loweredge' bowed outwardly 110 and engaging the inclined portion 23 of theholder.

The holder is preferably made `from sheet metal and stamped and out tothe desired shape and configuration. The card may be made of paper,cardboard, or any other suitable material and may have numerals orother` matter 35 printed or written thereon to designate Athe commodityon the shelves or the prices of the commodities, The card may be asingle card, as indicated at 36, Fig. 1, or the separate cards 37 may bearranged in position as shown in Fig. 2. The label holder permits thecards to be instantly and readily inserted, slid to properposition andcapable of being instantlyand readily' removed. In removing the card, itmay be grasped on either side by the finger nails or a pencil point orother implement may be inserted behind the. card in the openingdesignated at 38, Figs. 3 and 6.V

Changes may be made in the form; construction, and arrangement of theparts Without de-l parting from the Spirit Qf the inventifznbr sa@rificing any of its advantages, and the right is hereby reserved to makeall such changes as' fairly fall within the scope of the .followingclaims. n

The invention is hereby claimed as follows: 1. A card or label' holdercomprising a relatively straight back, a forwardly extending inclinedlower portion having its free end extendingforwardly and then foldedback upon itself forming a straight horizontal rearwardly extending ieg,an upperhook-shapedend at the upper edge of theholder, and a bead struckinwardly longitudinally of the holder. i e v 2.` A holder comprisingaback body portion and a flat bottom, .the bottom being integral withthe back, said bottom having a part folded integral with the back, saidbottom having a part folded against itself to provide an upstandingcrimp for supporting an element such as a card or label at its loweredge, the upper end of said holder being provided with a recess intowhich the upper edge of the element extends, and a bead 'struck inwardlyfrom the back and extending into the upper recess to impinge the elementand tend to hold it in position.

3. A holder comprising a back portion and a bottom portion integraltherewith, said back portion comprising a vertical upper portion anda'forwardly inclined lower portion, said bottom portion being horizontaland having a part folded against itself to'provide an upstanding crimpfor supporting an element such as a card at its lower edge, the. upperend of said holder being provided with 'a' recess into which the upperedge of said element extends.

4. i A label holder comprising a single elongated strip of sheetmaterial shaped to provide aback portion having a' fiat portion forengaginglan edge of a shelf and a second portion inclined forwardly withrespect to said flat portion, saidjlDO strip at one edge Aof said backportion being bent thereover to form a recess for receiving one edge ofa label, said strip at the other edge of said4 back portionbeing doubledon itself to form with said back portion means for retaining thecip-'19,5 posite edge of such label; said doubl'edover portion mergingin a portion extending toward'the plane of 'the'fiat'portionfin a plnesubstantially perpendicular thereto; i

y f JANII'ESA E. BALES. 11() CLARENCE E.`GERBE RICH. r'.

